Well even with the mid 80's temperatures in the day, the new blooms are mostly not fully opening.
NOID Double Purple:
My only new bloom of the day, Magic Lake: Not fully opened and showing just a faint halo.
The best looking blooms in the garden over the past couple of days has been Siloam Double Classic. The scapes hold the blooms up above the foliage and they are fully opened. Very little signs of rust so far.
Edited to add: The time from first observance of the scape on Magic Lake till the first bloom was 18 days.
